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Octophialucium bigelowi Kramp, 1955

Medusa, Medusae

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Cnidaria

Class
Hydrozoa

Order
Leptothecata

Family
Malagazziidae

Genus
Octophialucium

Species
bigelowi

Taxon category: Accepted

Origin: Native

Distribution

Distribution: Mexico, Panama and Galapagos Islands (Segura-Puertas, 1984).

References

  • Horton, T. Horton, T., Kroh, A., Ahyong, S., Bailly, N., Boyko, C. B., Brandão, S. N., Gofas, S., Hooper, J. N. A., Hernandez, F., Holovachov, O., Mees, J., Molodtsova, T. N., Paulay, G., Decock, W., Dekeyzer, S., Poffyn, G., Vandepitte, L., Vanhoorne, B., Adlard, R., ... Zhao, Z. (2021) World Register of Marine Species. Available from https://www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ.
  • Segura-Puertas, L. (1984) Morfología, sistemática y zoogeografía de las medusas (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa y Scyphozoa) del Pacífico Tropical Oriental= Morphology, sistematics and zoogeography of medusae (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa and Scyphozoa) fron the Eastern Tropical Pacific. Segura-Puertas, L. (1984). Morfología, sistemática y zoogeografía de las medusas (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa y Scyphozoa) del Pacífico Tropical Oriental= Morphology, sistematics and zoogeography of medusae (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa and Scyphozoa) fron the Eastern Tropical Pacific (Issue QL 378. S43).

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